Monday, December 31, 2012

As I’m sure that you’re aware, today marks the last day of 2012. I hope that you take a moment to reflect on all that the Lord has done for you this year, as well as taking a few moments to set some goals for 2013. Roger and I spent some time this morning praying again for God’s direction for our future in 2013.

Well, today is not quite as warm as yesterday, but it’s still 15 degrees, which is great!  I am very thankful that New Year’s Day is on a Tuesday…want to know why?  Because it means that we don’t get an interruption in mail service! The mail plane came in this morning at about 10:12am, and we walked down to pick up our mail about 11:30am. We didn’t receive very much mail, but we did get a small package from Amazon.com. I bought some ribbon and I’m working on a project (pictures to come later).

Roger spent the morning helping some friends move some equipment. They had bought two propane tanks, one was a 1000 gallon tank and the other was a 1500 gallon tank, from here in town and needed help moving them about 16 miles outside of town. So Roger helped with moving vehicles and such, and then I drove out to pick him up about 2pm. It was a good opportunity for Roger to help out someone, so we are thankful for that blessing.

We are headed out to the Behr’s about 7pm. They are having some friends over for appetizers and fireworks, so the boys are excited about that!  We are looking forward to the new year!

Some of you have asked about our plans and when we are planning on leaving Manley. We are tentatively planning on leaving Manley, on Sunday, January 20, 2013. This is a week earlier than we originally planned, but we would like to take a detour on the way home to visit some friends in Yellowknife, NWT. Since Roger spent many of his growing up years there, he has many friends and acquaintances. On man and his wife, in particular, has been a special blessing to Roger. Since leaving Yellowknife, the man as well as his spouse has since trusted the Lord as their Saviour. We are looking forward to meeting up with them as well as spending a Sunday at Central Artic Baptist Church. We also are planning on stopping in Prince Albert, Saskatchawan to visit Dave Webster and his church there. Also, if we can manage it we plan to visit a few other friends in Canada. We are planning on being back in our home church on February 3, 2013. This is the Sunday that the installment of a new pastor will take place and we’d like to be there if we can get back in time. All that being said, it would probably be best if you didn’t plan on sending mail after January 10, 2013. We will leave our forwarding address here, but it will take a while for the mail to find us!  Thank you all for your prayers and support. We appreciate it more than words can express, and we are so thankful for each of you.

Sarah